Join us for the kick-off of this year's First Dibs Editors Salon series! In this exclusive preview, you'll learn about four of the most exciting books releasing this season in a conversation with the editors who helped shape and publish them.
February 17 at 7:00 pm ET on Zoom | REGISTER - Space is Limited
"I can never forget the sense of pure astonishment I felt when I first read Mieko Kawakami." --Haruki Murakami
Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami
Releases March 27
From Mieko Kawakami, award-winning author of Breasts and Eggs, comes a bold novel of sacrifice and the tumultuous bonds of sisterhood, set in the gritty Tokyo of the 1990s.
“A brilliant parable about desire, infidelity, and devotion.” —Erin Somers, The Ten Year Affair
Permanence by Sophie Mackintosh
Releases April 22
From the Booker-longlisted author of speculative dreamscapes The Water Cure and Blue Ticket, comes the story of an impassioned affair and the bizarre sanctuary city seemingly designed to foster the clandestine lovers...
"A beautiful and funny meditation on self-awareness and self-acceptance. Smith's precise, elegant writing gives hope that seeing oneself clearly is an attainable goal."--Rachel Aviv, New York Times bestselling author of Strangers to Ourselves
Hard Feelings: Finding the Wisdom in Our Darkest Emotions by Daniel Smith
Releases March 4
With unflinching honesty about his own emotional turbulence and the insights gained from his work as a psychotherapist, Smith makes a compelling case that our negative emotions serve crucial purposes--if only we would listen to what they're trying to tell us.
"A testament to Mahajan's genius. . . . Beautiful and unforgettable" --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
The Complex by Karan Mahajan
Releases March 18
A brilliant, sweeping tour de force moving between the US and modern India, following the illicit liaisons, real estate dramas, political ambitions, and mortal betrayals of one prominent Delhi family -- from the author of the National Book Award finalist The Association of Small Bombs.